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Dozens killed in fighting near Yemen's Aden port

Houthi fighters and allied army units clashed with local militias in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, and eyewitnesses said gun battles and heavy shelling ripped through a downtown district near the city's port. The Houthi forces have been battling to take Aden, a last...

Yemeni tribes enter coastal town to drive out al Qaeda

(Reuters) - Armed Yemeni tribesmen in pickup trucks entered the eastern port town of Mukalla on Saturday to drive out suspected al Qaeda fighters who took control 48 hours earlier, residents said. The fighters are part of a tribal alliance in the eastern Hadramawt province which...

Ex-president Saleh fled Yemen: FM

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has reportedly fled the country aboard a Russian plane, Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyad Yassin said Saturday. "There was information that Saleh had departed Yemen aboard a Russian aircraft that had arrived in Sanaa airport to evacuate...

Saudi-led warplanes bombed Aden airport: Houthis

(Anadolu Agency)- The Shiite Houthi militant group on Friday claimed that Saudi-led warplanes have destroyed the presidential airplane during an attack on Aden International Airport in southern Yemen. The pro-Houthi Al-Massira television channel on Friday reported that the...